Passenger-car.



s. M. OURWEN. PASSENGER CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1909.

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s. M.-OURWEN. PASSENGER OAR. APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1909. 1 1:1 11 1,?55; Patented De0.12,191.1.

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PASSENGER GAR.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 19, 1909.

1,01 1,755. 4 Patented Dec.12, 1911.

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PASSENGER OAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1909.

1,01 1,755; vPatented! 1090123911.

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Patented Dec.1 2,191'1 xiifiiicafiii filed my 10, 1909. Serial in. sheer Tqell wl ooiit m concern: I I Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. CURW-EN, a; .r'itizen, of the United States, residing in verford', Pennsylvania, have invented certain plrnprovelnents in .Basse'n'ger Cars, of which the :Eollowin g is a speci ficatior IM'y inyentioiirelatesto certain improvements in passenger cars ofthe type n which the passenger pays the fare on'entering the can...

,.l he object of. my. to so con structthccm that'passen ers can enter or. r1'n, on

,form'; jthe car. he

wer h i hit e sideitf h ront P115? the'construction iindarrtingement of the seats and :thefpa'rtic'ul 1, is a sectional plartlviewjof .iny improved passenger can illustrating 'the platform at the front, of the ear "with all doors closed; Figl 2,;is apla'n-.vie'w of the platform at the front of theca'r with the two-sliding doors open, so that the passengers canalight'from thecar on either side' thereof; 3, is a sect onal plan view showing the platform at .the rear. of the car with' the ingress and:

egress passageways open and" the guard rail and. fare box in position; Fig {11, is a'lon'gitudinal sectional view on the line-f14,' Fig. 2;4Fig.}5, is a perspective'view showing a detail of the upper portion 'of both the swinging and sliding doors illustrated in Fig. 4; Fig. 6, is ase c'tional viewon the line 6 6, Fig. 1, showing the foldingseat; Fig. 7, is a perspective view of'the seatsiipports;

I and-Fig. 8, is a view of a detail of one of the platform scat snpports.

In some classes ofcars of the type above mentioned it is i an. advantage. to have the passengers alightfrom the car at both sides ofjthe front, platform, and in cars of a type where the rear platform is entirely open at .one side for the ingress of passengers this space has been usually closed bvtwo folding doors neither of which could be opened,

construction offthe doors when the platform was at the forward end of the car.

By my improvement I so construct the doors that if it is desired to provide a car in which the passengers can leave at both sides of the front platform, I utilize not only the ordinary sliding door 'on one side, but-I so constri'l'et the doors on the opposite side that one can slide to the open position while the other remains stationary. When a seat section is used, it must first be moved out et the way.

Referring to thed'raiv'ings, A is the body of thee-a r, I; is 'th'e'pla'tform, B is the front jvestibule'casiiig'ofthe, platform, and B is 'thepe'rinanent side vestibulec'asing which is i so-arranged as to receive "the sliding door which closes the passageway leading to the exit: passageway b. The other side of the platform is closed by a pivoted door C and a sliding-door'l'),"these twodoors being'so arranged that the entire s i'aee between the end of the ca-r bodyA and'the front vestibule casing-B can be opened for the ingress I and egress of pa'ssengers.

-Inthcpresent'instance the transverse partition between the interior of the car and the platform has twopassa'geways a, a, separated by a'vertical partition (1.". Both ends of the car are of the same construction.

The iassa e wa (1," is nearer its side of the car than the passageway 11, so that the seat (at can extend to the parht-Ion' The seat G on the opposite side of the car stops short .of the partition, as shown, and a movable seat section G 1s Introduced, which can be used if necessary.

The door C 1s hinged at c at the front .vestibule casing B and is adapted toswing to the open position illustrated in Fig. 3,

where it comes in contact with a. sto dependlng from the roof of the car. ar-

. is a fixed rail c .Vhen the closed position, as illustrated d provided with rollers d the rails c and'c, so that-when the door G it is desired to move both the doors raised, and these brackets is closed the door D can be moved and slide from the closed position illustrated in Fig. 1, to the open posit-ion illustrated in FigI-"Q, passing from o ne rail to theother.

out of the way, as in Fig. 3, the door D is moved onto the rail carried by the door C and both doors are then swung around on the hinges 0 and held in the open position asillustrated" in Fig. 3.

' In order to lock the door C in its closed position, I provide a bolt C which engages the roof section b and, in order to hold the door D in its open position as inFigs: 2 and 4, I provide a bolt a! whiqh enters a hinge in the rail 0 on the door 0, thus it will .be seen that the door D can be opened or closed without moving the door C and both doors can be swung into the open position soas to leave a free passage for the ingressI-and egress of passengers when desired.

hen the passageway b is used for the exit of passengers at the forward end of the car, then it-is desirable to increase the passageway a in the car, andthis I accomplish by making the seat'section Gr movable. In the present instance the seat is hinged .at .g, as shown in Fig. 6, so it-canbe turned, down into the position illustrated in Fig. 9

When' it is desired to raise the seat the which are pivoted to the frame brackets g, of the car are swung-out to the positionillustrated in Figs. 1 and 6, after the seat is supportthe seat so that it can be used by the passengers. The two brackets, as illustrated in highl', are connected together by a link 9 inthe present instance. I I

E is a'post on the platform, preferably in line with the post E on the edge of the latfo'rm, and this post E with a bracket 5 supports the rail I, which is shaped as shown in Fig. 3, and which separates the ingress passage 6 of the platform from the egress passage b and also acts as a guard for the conductors space-and a support for the fare box H.

: as illustrated in Fi that it can be turned out When it is desired to use a seat section on is swiveled-on a. rod M" on itsquterf'end. .On the inner end it is carried by a support m shaped as clearly illustrated in Fig. 8,

and pivoted at m'- to the projection a. so of the way when of eplet e i.

in Figs. l and E door D is a sliding door and has two hangers whicl travel. on 1 theseat is not desired. The center of the seat is $11 ortedb a bracket S on the post By his means the seat is firmly 'su ,portedywh'en 1n the position illustrated in Fig. 1. When, the seat is not used it is' .moved to the'position illustrated in Fig. 3. The general arrangement of the seat-end the method ,of moving it intoand". out of position is fully set forth and claimed in an application for patent filed by S. T. Bole, 0nfApIi1f1'3tl1, '1909,'- under Serial No.

489,691. M I 1. Itwill be seen by the above description that when the platform is at the rear of the car then both the doorsC andD' areopen and the door F closed; the rail I is jn position and the conductor is located in the egress passage back of the rail. Persons entering the car enter through the passage and passengers can leave the car through the unohstructedexitpassage b The platform, at the front of the car' is arranged as illus-' trated in Fig. 2, s o that both doors-F and D can-slide to open' the exit passagewhys on, 3 either side of the platform, aird inearsf ojf this type. passengers 0 2m readily leave the caras it has three egress-passageways, and

when the passageway closed bvytlre door D .-,the doorway na'res'tfj the' bod -mime the front platform, I make the seatjsection g. 1. The seat pro'perM; extends in front of both doors C and D and isnsed at the forward end 'of-thethen: the seat.sect ion' is' nioyed out, o;t 'the.- way ,of the, passeiigeifslleaving' the car, as {shown in Fig.2., When it"isnot'desiredtonise the passageway closed the 'door tl e forward. end of the car, then thesgseat. M is. moved ,into, }po'si.tion in 'frontiqf;tlife ldooi's C and, D, f0'r. .t-h'e accommodation ofgpa ss'en g g. is I; VJ-2'1,

portion. a platfor'rirgga' wide doorwayat-one side ofthe platform," 1a' rail on he platform forming ingress and; egress pas g .hinged door a'rranged to close-onepor ion'bf the. doorway, and a "sliding @door'f to close the otherportionof theldo'orw'ayfand" t sl d v 1 .1 y-., n he hinged door when openedi the'hinged'dj when opened, the. &0 w i -"E n1, 1 2. The-combination in a pass ger car, of

a body portion, a platformf', wayatoneside of'the' platform A .rc n a de r ays'f n f; a 'dtdbe ing a Qslidinv .door opening that' v .9, the'car body 0 the'pl'a tfoi'inf f v 3. The combination in 'a passenger car, of a body portion, a platfonma artition separating the body from the plat orm and having two passageways, the passageway on In testimony whereof, I have signed my one side being nearer its side of the car than name to this specification, in the presence of the other passageway is to its side, a doortwo subscribing Witnesses. way, a door closing said doorway, and a I SAMUEL M. CURWEN.

5 movable seat Within the car when extended Witnesses:

blocking a portion of the first mentioned JOHN H. OHLSSEN, passageway. HENRY'C. ESLING. 

